Celiprolol, a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist with vasodilator effect, improves hemodynamic response to catecholamine, spontaneous locomotor activity, and survival in cardiomyopathic hamsters with advanced heart failure

Autor: Nobuaki Tanaka, Tomoko Ohkusa, Masunori Matsuzaki, Yasuma Nakamura, Tsutomu Ryoke
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology. 31(2)
ISSN: 0160-2446
Popis: To assess the effects of celiprolol, which is a selective beta1-antagonist with vasodilating properties, on chronic heart failure in the cardiomyopathic hamster UM-X7.1 (CMH), we studied survival in treated CMH (celiprolol, 100 mg/kg/day) and untreated CMH. We also measured the hamsters' locomotor activity (by using an Automex system), in vivo left ventricular (LV) pressure with or without dobutamine infusion, and the myocardial beta-adrenergic-receptor density (Bmax), all at the age of approximately 210 days. Survival was significantly improved in the treated group compared with untreated group by 33.4% at the age of 210 days, and the median probabilities of survival were age 252 days in the treated group and 203 days in the untreated group (p < 0.01). The locomotor activity count was significantly higher in the treated group (14,945+/-6,895) than in the untreated group (8,264+/-2,945 counts/day; p < 0.05). The response of LV peak +/-dP/dt to dobutamine was significantly improved in the treated group by 22.9 and 34.8%, respectively, at 18 microg/kg/min. Bmax was also higher in the treated group than in the untreated group (80.1+/-15.1 vs. 65.2+/-10.6 fmol/mg; p < 0.05). This study suggests that long-term treatment with celiprolol could improve both survival and the hemodynamic responses to dobutamine, associated with the upregulation of beta-receptors, and increased locomotor activity.
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